People often say, ‘You must let go of your past.’ But, it is our past which forms us into the people we are. It was our teacher as we learned from our mistakes. It taught us what or who was dangerous.
The past is that part of us which can never be undone, yet the Bible says, ‘Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See I am doing a new thing,’ (Isaiah 43:18-19). To ‘not dwell’ means to stop trying to understand what went wrong. It means to stop trying to figure out the ‘Why?’
The unjust hurts will eat up our life, but we can turn our heads the other way. We can let go of the unanswered ‘Whys’ and begin to see God’s new.
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Insightful words, as always. I’ve been thinking lately about the idea of “not dwelling on things”. The past is gone and indeed the Lord has new things for us!
Thanks, Lani. That ‘not dwelling’ can be really hard, but the new is so worth it in the end xx